Photos of Union Beach, Keansburg damage from Sandy

I visited Union Beach and Keansburg on Thanksgiving morning with family members who live in upstate New York, New Hampshire and Ohio.

We wanted to check out and photograph the damage from superstorm Sandy, and it was astonishing. I’ve never seen anything close to it in person.

Here are some of my iPhone photos:

Here's one of my images of the iconic house that has been featured on the covers of numerous publications

We were surprised that the whale was still attached to this house

The other side of the iconic house

Another view

Stairway to nowhere

The excavator was in action

This is macabre

Another view of the house with the active excavator

This looks like tornado rubble

Totaled, I would imagine

Keansburg Amusement Park

Efforts to rebuild dunes protecting Keansburg Amusement Park

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Todd covers the environment and severe weather for the Asbury Park Press, which he joined on Earth Day in 1985. He's covered myriad environmental, energy, health, weather and scientific issues since 1980. He's taken graduate-level courses in environmental health, environmental risk assessment and public health. Todd, a finalist for the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in Public Service, is a member of the Investigations Team. Follow him at www.Twitter/ToddBBatesAPP, www.Facebook.com/ToddBBates, http://instagram.com/toddbbatesapp, www.toddbbatesapp.tumblr.com, or Google+ https://plus.google.com/+ToddBBates/

2 Responses to Photos of Union Beach, Keansburg damage from Sandy

We were definitely not gawking. My job includes taking photos and posting them on my EnviroGuy blog or having them published in the Asbury Park Press or on APP.com. One of my sons is a photojournalism major and a freelance photographer for several publications.

I think it is DISGUSTNG you and yourt out of state family members would GAWK (as the term is now defined) at the recovery efforts…
We could get so much more done without RESOURCES being WASTED on MEDIA and VIP’s who just have to get access to these areas….

I would be ASHAMED to cash my paycheck if I were you…
After nearly 4 weeks of cleaning up after this tragedy, I am ASHAMED at your GAWKING

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By the WAY…that is an EXCAVATOR….Not a DOZER
Having worked on Beach Replenishment Projects in our state, It is easy to see you KNOW NOTHING for the ‘enviorguy’

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